Women recover differently. They deserve a place that's safe, separate, and built around the realities of a woman's road back — not an afterthought in a men's house.
Tina Marie's Recovery Home offers dedicated women's sober living and recovery housing in Dayton, Ohio — the safe, structured, substance-free home you may also be searching for as female sober living, a women's recovery house, or a halfway house for women near you. Men and women are housed separately, so the women here can focus on healing in a community of women who understand exactly what they're walking through. It's the home named for Tina Marie — a mother who fought addiction, got sober, and proved it's never too late to change.
Women's sober living, recovery house, or "halfway house for women" — what to call it
People searching for a safe place for a woman in recovery type it a dozen different ways: women's sober living, female sober living, a women's recovery house, a women's halfway house, or a half way house for women in Dayton. They almost always mean the same thing — and it's exactly what we do. Tina Marie's is a voluntary, women-only recovery home in the Dayton, Ohio area. The one distinction worth knowing: a traditional halfway house is often time-limited and tied to a program or court, while our women's home is voluntary and open-ended — you stay as long as your recovery needs it, on a program built around 9 to 12 months. If you want the full comparison, read our guide on sober living vs. a halfway house, or see our general Dayton halfway house page. Whatever you call it, if you need women's recovery housing near you in Dayton, you're in the right place.
Why separate housing matters for women
Early recovery is fragile. For many women, it also overlaps with histories of trauma, unsafe relationships, and the weight of trying to hold a family together. A dedicated women's environment removes distractions and pressure, and replaces them with safety, privacy, and peer support from other women who are doing the same hard, brave work.
A Safe, Separate Home
Private space and a women-only community, with 24/7 structure and supervision.
Trauma-Informed Support
Mental-health and SUD care through our clinical provider, addressing the roots of addiction.
Sisterhood & Accountability
House meetings, peer support, and drug testing — women lifting each other up while staying honest.
Life Skills & Job Readiness
Budgeting, communication, resume and interview prep to rebuild independence and income.
Working toward reunifying with your children
Many of the women who come to us are fighting for one thing above all: their kids. Children don't live on-site, but the path to reunification runs straight through the kind of stability we provide — documented sobriety, drug testing, a structured daily routine, clinical engagement, and steady progress on life skills and employment. When you're ready to show that stability to a caseworker or decision-maker, sober living is proof that you've changed. Call us and we'll talk honestly about where you are and what comes next.
Who our women's recovery housing is for
No two women arrive at recovery the same way. Our Dayton women's home is built to meet several of the most common paths at once:
- Women leaving treatment — stepping down from detox, inpatient, PHP, or IOP and needing structure so the progress holds.
- Women in early recovery who need a safe, substance-free home away from the people and places tied to using.
- Mothers working toward reunification with their children, who need documented stability to show a caseworker.
- Women veterans, who may also qualify for HUD-VASH and SSVF support through the Dayton VA.
- Women with co-occurring mental-health needs, supported through our clinical partner so recovery treats the whole person, not just the addiction.
If you're also weighing a peer-run option, our guide to what an Oxford House is explains the difference between a self-run women's home and a staffed one like ours — and how to tell which fits where you are in recovery right now.
What a week looks like in our women's home
Structure is what makes early recovery hold, and it's also what makes a house feel like a home instead of a waiting room. A typical week here includes house meetings and weekly check-ins, random and scheduled drug testing, transportation to AA/NA meetings and clinical appointments, shared meals and chores that rebuild daily routine, and life-skills and job-readiness work — budgeting, resumes, interview prep — so independence grows week by week.
Just as important is what surrounds all of it: a community of women who understand the shame, the fear, and the hope of starting over, holding each other accountable without judgment. That sisterhood is often the part women didn't know they needed. For a fuller picture of the women's-housing landscape and what to look for before you choose a home, read our guide to women's sober living in Dayton.
How women pay for recovery housing
We accept Medicaid (CareSource, Buckeye, Molina, UnitedHealthcare Ohio). Medicaid covers the clinical services you receive while living here, and we combine that with vouchers, sliding-scale support, and grant-funded placement so the housing cost stays manageable. If you're coming in with little or nothing, that's common — read how women get in with free or low-cost sober living in Dayton, or see our full Dayton sober living cost guide. Women veterans may also qualify for HUD-VASH and SSVF support through the Dayton VA.
Safe, supported, and confidential
We're OhioMHAS-registered, pursuing ORH certification (expected August 2026), and every resident's records are protected under 42 CFR Part 2 — stricter than HIPAA. What you share here stays here.
How to get started
One phone call begins it: call (326) 212-0542 for a free, confidential conversation, complete a brief assessment, then move into the women's community and start your structured program. Not sure what your first week looks like? Read what to expect on your first day.